Mathew Rosenblum | |
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![]() Rosenblum, at a rehearsal. | |
Born | [1] | March 19, 1954
Nationality | American |
Education | New England Conservatory of Music (MM, 1979) |
Alma mater | Princeton University (PhD, 1992) |
Occupation(s) | Composer, professor, presenter |
Years active | 1978–present |
Mathew Rosenblum (born March 19, 1954) is an American composer [1] [2] whose works have been commissioned, recorded and performed by musical groups such as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, [3] the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, [4] the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, [5] the American Composers Orchestra, [6] Opera Theater of Pittsburgh, [7] FLUX Quartet, [8] the New York New Music Ensemble, [9] the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet, [10] the Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, [11] and Newband [12] among other ensembles, in venues throughout North America, Europe and Asia including the Andy Warhol Museum, [13] Leipzig's Gewandhaus, the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, [2] Thailand's Prince Mahidol Hall, [5] as well as Merkin Hall, [14] the Guggenheim Museum, the Miller Theatre, [15] The Kitchen, [2] Carnegie Recital Hall, [16] and Symphony Space [17] in New York City. Rosenblum's music has been recorded on such labels as Mode Records, [12] New World Records, [18] Albany Records, [19] Capstone Records, [20] Opus One Records, [21] New Focus Recordings, [8] and the Composers Recordings Inc. label, [22] and has been published by Edition Peters, of Leipzig, London, and New York. [23]
Rosenblum was born in Flushing, Queens and began playing the saxophone at age eight. [24] [25] He attended the High School of Music and Art ("Music & Art") as an instrumentalist, where his interest turned to free jazz. [26] [25] At Music & Art, he met jazz performers Anthony Coleman and David Krakauer, and performed with them from 1970-73 at venues throughout New York City. [27] [25] In college, Rosenblum studied music composition at Boston's New England Conservatory of Music ("NEC") (B.M. 1977, M.M. 1979) and Princeton University (MFA 1981, PhD 1992) [28] [1] with composers Milton Babbitt, Donald Martino, Paul Lansky, Jaki Byard, and Malcolm Peyton, [29] [27] [25] while also working privately with composer Burr Van Nostrand. [26] During and after his time at NEC and Princeton, Rosenblum's work was also closely associated with composers Lee Hyla, [30] [9] Ezra Sims, [31] Dean Drummond [32] and Eric Moe. [33]
Rosenblum joined the Department of Music of the University of Pittsburgh in 1991, [1] where he has been a Professor of Music Composition and Theory, Chair of the Department of Music, and codirector of both the "Music on the Edge" new music series [34] as well as the biannual "Beyond: Microtonal Music Festival" (copresented by the Andy Warhol Museum). [35] Among the awards he has received in over four decades as a composer include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Music Fellowship Grant, [15] two Fromm Foundation Commissions, [36] a Barlow Endowment Commission, [37] several MacDowell Colony [38] and Yaddo Residency Fellowships, [39] and multiple "Featured Composer" and "Composer in Residence" honors at music festivals and colleges in the United States and Asia. [34] [28]
The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians has described Rosenblum as "a leading voice in American microtonal music [who] attempts a synthesis of elements from classical, jazz, rock and world music in his work". [1] New York's WQXR-FM has cited "Rosenblum's customary 21-note-per-octave microtonal scale, combining the 12 notes of the piano with [the] intervals that fall somewhere between the keys", [40] while The New York Times has called Rosenblum a composer who "mix[es] surreal microtonal scales [and] seductive melodies". [4] A 2018 review in Stereophile Magazine described Rosenblum as a composer who "blends percussion, acoustic instruments, electronics, voice, and microtonal elements in visceral, moving ways." [11] Many of Rosenblum’s compositions have employed a similar "integration of diverse compositional elements". [8] Rosenblum himself has cited his "long-standing love for Javanese music... and the music of LaMonte Young" as central influences on his work. [29]
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